BUSES International

Haiti Relief Effort

On Tuesday evening, January 12, 2009, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Haiti. There are reports of mass destruction on a catastrophic level. As devastating as this disaster is, it is compounded by the fact Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.

Over the past two years, BUSES International has been praying about and working on getting one of our mobile clinics on the ground in Haiti to minister to the poor and the thousands of people in need of medical care. Back on November 10, 2009, we hosted Pastor Jean Martin Etienne from Agape Mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After communicating with him for several months, he visited our headquarters here in Lorain, Ohio. He came highly recommended by one of our ministry friends and we were thoroughly impressed by his humble nature, his heart after God and his passion to help his people. BUSES International made plans to build a Mobile Medical / Dental Clinic for Pastor Jean Martin and Agape Mission in Haiti. We are currently working to raise the necessary funds for construction.

After 3 days of hearing nothing, we finally heard that Pastor Jean Martin Etienne and his family are alright. Their house collapsed, but they are not injured. They are located at the epicenter of the earthquake and have lost everything!

BUSES International is responding by moving forward with our plans to build a Mobile Medical / Dental Clinic. The good news is, we already have the bus (see picture below)! Many of our ministry friends and churches nationwide are responding and we Praise God for their efforts, but as with all disasters, as time goes by, the relief support wanes. If we can raise the necessary funds for construction, the clinic will be ready to hit the ground and continue caring for the poor when many other relief organizations are pulling out. The damage in Haiti is great and the recovery will take a long time, but as we work together, we can help to restore hope and happiness to the hurting people.

How you can help

1. Pray with us for the country of Haiti
2. Pray for those who are injured, traumatized and destitute because of the earthquake
3. Pray for Pastor Jean Martin Etienne, his family and Agape Mission
4. Pray for God to provide the funds for BUSES International to build a medical unit for Haiti. An estimated $40,000.00 is still needed to build and ship it to Haiti.
5. Make a monetary donation towards this project

Haiti Earthquake Pictures, 2010 (external link)